America: What Went Wrong? The Crisis Deepens – Virtual Platform

James Steele

Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and bestselling author

Long before Covid-19 ravaged the economy, millions of middle-class Americans were struggling with stagnant earnings, unaffordable healthcare, and the prospect of an impoverished retirement. This is no accident: in an updated and expanded edition of their New York Times #1 bestseller, Pulitzer Prize-winning reporters Donald L. Barlett and James B. Steele explain with human stories and statistical findings how specific actions by Washington and Wall Street are systematically dismantling the middle classes. Our guest, James Steele, will discuss those findings with us today.

With his longtime writing partner, Donald L. Barlett, Steele worked as an investigative journalist at The Philadelphia Inquirer, Time magazine and Vanity Fair, and co-authored nine books with Barlett. In recognition of his contributions to journalism, Temple University in 2016 created the James B. Steele Chair in Journalism Innovation, in the Lew Klein College of Media and Communication. He and his wife live in Fitler Square in Philadelphia.

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